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January 2023 by Diana Maurice
An excellent facility for child care & development.
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January 2022 by Megan Chavis
My family and I love The Growing Place. We just left because we moved away and were so sad. The place is very clean, and they have wonderful protocols in place in the Post-COVID world. The facilities are awesome. My kids looked forward to going each day. The staff truly loves the kids, and my kids learned a lot. Due to the nature of the business and the times we are living, there is some staff turnover, but each person that is hired is carefully considered. There are many teachers and staff members there that go above and beyond. We were so sad to leave and we will miss it!
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January 2022 by Heather Haithcock
I have nothing but positive things to say about TGP. Both of my kids were well taken care of, and loved their experience here. Quality teachers, and leadership have made this place somewhere that I trust, and will continue to allow my children to be a part of in the summers (now that they are both in school). Is TGP perfect, no. But, neither am I. I choose to believe they have my kids best interest at heart, and I am grateful for the love they show all of their kiddos.
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January 2021 by Sarah Thompson
not disability friendly
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January 2021 by matt irvine
My daughter attended The Growing Place from infancy, and is now in 1st grade. She went into kindergarten ahead of the curve academically and socially. My son is currently in the 4’s classroom at TGP. Entrusting our kids to others, and going back to work, is never easy, especially when our daughter (our firstborn) was born. Our experience has been excellent. Our son’s teachers love him - it’s obvious! We’re so grateful this is more than only childcare. I don’t stress about my son when I drop him off - peace of mind is hard to find, but I’ve got it when he’s at TGP!
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January 2021 by Casey Remai
Do not recommend!! I read extremely hard through there policy’s and everything and I thought it was a good school. I was very wrong. After 3 days my son got a disease being there, clearly they just let any kid in there sick or not. Extremely ridiculous, wouldn’t give me the money back also didn’t care he had been in the hospital twice. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILD HERE!!!!
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January 2020 by Jeff Gilbert
Run the other direction. Both teachers in our child's classroom were fired on the same day for being too rough with the students (one was eventually arrested over the incident and the other is now working at Kid's Stuff in Clemson which is terrifying). This was in addition to multiple other unexpected teacher and room changes. We don't know how rough because The Growing Place won't let anyone but school and church leadership know the details of what happened on the day in question. DSS also didn't have much luck in their investigation and were told that the school didn't have video surveillance for any days prior to the one a parent walked in on (they actually did but didn't "realize" that until after the DSS investigation ended). They also have not been able to explain what they're doing differently now to prevent something like this from happening again. The facilities are nice but that's really the only positive I can think of. Also, they built nice facilities for the church to use on Sunday but the classrooms are nothing special and lack toys and/or anything educational. They don't make any attempt to teach the students so your children will be left to entertain themselves all day. Constant billing errors and little effort or ability to get it right. They will make promises that they have a new director/staff and they're purchasing curriculum but I've not seen any improvements and after finding out that one of the teachers was arrested from another parent I no longer trust that what happened to our kids didn't rise to the level of abuse. For reference, these are all kids under two years old and no one seemed to have any concerns about the classroom until a parent walked in and saw their child being handled roughly. Don't make the mistake I did, I'm happily driving to Anderson every morning to make sure that my child is in a safe environment. It's an unfortunate situation all around but the most concerning part is feeling like the growing place tried to protect themselves instead of letting an investigation actually determine what happened. I also now have to wonder what transpired, how long this went on and what the long term repercussions will be from this time period. Really disappointed in myself as a parent for choosing this daycare but also don't want others to go through the same sad situation.
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January 2020 by J. L.
My kid have been there about one year since 2018 after the innovation and expanding of the Growing Place. During this transition time, the management there is terrible . The leaders didn't comunicate well about what's happening there. The teachers in my kid's class keep changing, which I think its' bad for kids. A lot of time kids are taken care by some college students. Often times, get bills by/with mistake.
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January 2020 by Mallory Hopkins
I love this daycare so much. My 1 year old son loves his teachers and literally jumps with excitement every time we walk down the hallway to his classroom! I appreciate the time and attention that my child gets here. (We love having Miss Jamie and Miss Morgan!)
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January 2020 by Caitlyn Dickerson
My daughter loves going to school here. Her teacher is super intentional and she has learned so much.
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January 2020 by Alice Haley
Amazing Center with amazing staff and directors! So blessed to be a part of The Growing Place!
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January 2020 by Cleon M
If your child has a disability they will find a reason not to admit them
